سَيِّدِى سَيَّدَ الأَفاضلِ تاجَ ال

سَيِّدِى سَيَّدَ الأَفاضلِ تاجَ ال

دِّينِ سَطّرتُها عليكَ مُدِلاَّ

دِّينِ سَطّرتُها عليكَ مُدِلاَّ

My master, master of the virtuous, crown of the—

My lord, lord of the eminent, Taj al-

Faith—I have penned these for you, presuming upon your favor,

Din, I have penned this to you with familiar confidence,

مُنهِياً زَفرَةَ اشتياقي إلى اللَّح

مُنهِياً زَفرَةَ اشتياقي إلى اللَّح

مِ ولا زَفرَةٌ بِبيتيَّ أَصْلا

مِ ولا زَفرَةٌ بِبيتيَّ أَصْلا

reporting the sighs of my longing for mea—

conveying the sigh of my longing for mea-

t—while there is not a morsel in my house at all.

t—and not a whiff of meat is in my two houses at all.

وغَدَتْ هِرَّتي تَهُرُّ من الغَي

وغَدَتْ هِرَّتي تَهُرُّ من الغَي

ظِ وحَيْلي وحَيْلُها قد تَخلَّى

ظِ وحَيْلي وحَيْلُها قد تَخلَّى

My cat has begun to snarl from ra—

And my cat has taken to growling out of ra-

ge; all resource, mine and hers, has deserted us.

ge, and my strength and hers have already given out.

ومَحَلّي ما فيهِ نافِخُ نارٍ

ومَحَلّي ما فيهِ نافِخُ نارٍ

وفُؤادِي بِنارِهِ يُتقلَّى

وفُؤادِي بِنارِهِ يُتقلَّى

In my dwelling there is no one to blow upon a fire,

And in my dwelling there is no one to fan a fire,

yet my heart is frying in its flames.

while my heart is frying in its own fire.